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mrstickball on 26 June 2008
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Jandre002 said:

The difference between a console at $499 going to $399 is a lot different than a console going from $349 to $299. Also the PS3's drop was supplemented with the first worth while games since the launch in Uncharted, COD4, Assassin's Creed while the Xbox360 has....Too Human.

Sorry, but I doubt there are millions of people in the middle of the summer who would LOVE to jump on the 360 for $299 but wouldn't dare touch it for $349. Will this change during the winter? Yea it will sell better during the winter because of Gears and people having more money to spend than it would at $349. But the price drop without Halo 3 around the corner will only last a few weeks this time and it will be right back to within 10,000 units of Sony in NA. 

So exactly what compelling content came to the 360 last August that caused sales to jump? The 360 got a 79% increase in sales the first week that it dropped $50 (which is lower, percentage wise, than what the 360 is getting now, if true).

Uh, lets see:

  • Madden 2008
  • Two Worlds
  • Blue Dragon
  • BioShock
  • Tiger Woods 08
  • Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
  • Stuntman Ignition
  • Medal of Honor: Airborne
  • Stranglehold

Those were the games that allowed the 360 to hold at that 79% increase for the first full month of it's price drop. Arguably, BioShock and Madden were the only 2 games on that list that were reasonably good sellers.

This is compared to:

  • Civilization: Revolution
  • Unreal Tournament 3
  • NCAA Football 08
  • Soul Calibur 4
  • Spectral Force 3
  • Too Human
  • Madden 2009

I would argue that the lists are very comparible to each other...Mind you, I left out the scrub titles for both. But at any rate, there aren't "millions of people waiting to buy a 360 for $50 less", but I can bet you there are about 30,000-40,000 people a week that will - and as the big games, both multi and exclusive start coming in, and there's no Sony price drop, people will run to the vastly cheaper system ($150 price difference, at minimum, between the Arcade and basic PS3).

Stop being in denial. The PS3 price drop was only 4.7% more than the dro the Pro would be getting...I'm not arguing that the $50 price drop will be as effective as the $100 PS3 drop, but it will have an effect.

 

 



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